


DIARY 



KKPT BY 



LIEUT. DUDLEY BRADSTREET 

OF GROTON, MASS. 

DURING THE SIEGE OF TX)UISBURG. 

Apkil, 1745 — January, 1746. 



Ittfi Notes anti an Jutroliuctiau 

BV 

SAMUEL A. GREEN. 



DIARY 



KEPT BY 

LIEUT. DUDLEY BRADSTREET 

OF GROTON, MASS. 

DURING THE SIEGE OF LOUISBURG. 

April, 1745 — January, 1746. 



SHlitf) Notes nnti an HntrotJiiction 



SAMUEL A. GREEN. 



CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN WILSON AND SON. 

SXntbcrsttg ^Prcss. 

1897. 



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DUDLEY BRADSTREET'S DIARY. 



At a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical 
Society, held on Thursday, June 10, 1897, Dr. Samuel 
A. Geeen in communicating a copy of the journal kept 
by Lieutenant Dudley Bradstreet, of Groton, during the 
first siege of Louisburg, said : — 

The following Diary, kept l)y a soldier during the first siege 
of Louisburg, gives many interesting episodes of that eventful 
period. It begins on April 22, 1745, and ends on January 17, 
1746. Unfortunately the writer's name does not appear any- 
where in its pages, but the authorsliip is learned both from 
family tradition and internal evidence. For several genera- 
tions the Diary has been in the keeping of the Kemp family, 
of Gorham, Maine ; and among the various members it has 
been believed generally that the author was Dudley Brad- 
street, whose daughter Mary married an ancestor, Ebenezer 
Kemp, and through this channel it is su[)posed that the Diary 
came into their possession. On page 6 is written in an old 
hand "• Mary Kemp her Book," which seems to bear out 
this supposition ; and the same name appears also in another 
place. 

The little book in which the journal was kept now con- 
tains eighty-eight pages, and was made probably by folding 
sheets of folio writing-paper twice, and then stitching them 
together through the back ; and this supposition is borne 
out by the water-mark, which is not the same on each 
half-sheet. It is interesting to note the fact that similar 
paper with the same water-marks is found scattered through 



the manuscripts among the Pepperrell Papers and Belknap 
Papers relating to the siege of Louisburg now in the pos- 
session of this Society. The outer fold (4 pages), which made 
a leaf at the beginning and end of the book, is gone ; and pre- 
sumably the name of the diarist was written on the first page. 
Another fold near the middle is also gone, and the gap is 
found between the entry of Wednesday, June 5, and that of 
June 20. The first leaf of this missing fold contained the 
record of June 5 (in part), 6, 7, and 8 (in part) ; and the cor- 
responding leaf contained that of June 18 and 19. According 
to this statement the book had originally 96 pages, and was 
made from six full sheets of blank paper. 

Of Dudley Bradstreet, the diarist, but little is known. He 
was the second son of the Reverend Dudley and Mary (Wain- 
wright) Bradstreet, of Groton, where he was born on March 12, 
1707-8. His father was the settled minister of that town from 
the year 1706 to 1712, when he was dismissed from his pas- 
toral charge, presumably for his Episcopal tendencies ; and 
soon afterward he went to England to apply for orders in the 
Anglican church. On April 28, 1727, Dudley Bradstreet, the 
son, was married to Abigail Lakin ; and they had six children, 
namely: Abigail, born on June 27, 1728, and died probably 
in December, 1745, while her father was at Louisburg ; Mary, 
born on August 7, 1730, and married Ebenezer Kemp; Ann, 
born on May 18, 1735, and married Samuel Hobart, on March 
26, 1755 ; Lucy, born on April 8, 1738, and married Jonathan 
Pratt, on February 26, 1756 ; Sarah, born on September 26, 
1740 ; and Hannah, born on August 13, 1743. From the fact 
that all these children were girls, it is easy to see why the 
name of Bradstreet disappeared from the annals of Groton, 
as at that period the father was the only representative of 
the family in town. 

From internal evidence it is clear that the writer was a 
Groton soldier, and a member of Captain John Warner's 
company in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment (Colonel 
Samuel Willard) ; and from contemporary records it is known 
that Dudley Bradstreet was an officer in this company. From 
time to time he mentions various Groton men who were then 
serving in the army, and, under date of December 6, he alludes 
to Samuel Shead, a recent arrival at Louisburg, who within a 
short time had seen his wife at Groton ; and through him he 



heard from his whole family. Captain Warner was a i-esident 
of Lancaster, and presumably his company was made up of 
soldiers belonging there and in Groton and neighboi'hood. 

In " The New-England Historical & Genealogical Regis- 
ter" (XXIV. 371) for October, 1870, it is said that Dudley 
Bradstreet was commissioned at Louisburg by Governor Shir- 
ley, as Second Lieutenant, on October 2, 1745 ; and before 
this time it is likely that he was holding a lower rank, per- 
haps that of Ensign or of a non-commissioned officer. This 
theory would explain why on various occasions he was placed 
in command of small squads of men, and furthermore would 
account for his social intercourse with other officers. While 
the compiler of the article in the Register gives no authority 
for his statement in regard to Bradstreet's commission, doubt- 
less it is based on a letter found among the Pepperrell Papers 
(I. 319) in the library of the Historical Society, of which the 
following is a copy : — 

To 

His Exelency W« Shirley, Esq^ 

This is to iuform your Exelency That my Regiment is not Settle'! so 
as to be in any Capassity of doing their duty, as they aught to do — 
and it is by Reason of y'' Companys being Very much Broke : and in 
order for the Settlement of the Companys In my Regiment, and for the 
Peace and Quietness of the Soldiers: I shall take it as a Grate Favour 
Done to me : if your Exelency would See Cause To Commitionate 
Those Gentleman Hereafter Name"! John Huston, 

James Fry John Fry Nath^* Pettengill To be the officers over the men 
that belougf To Levi Coll'.' Chandlers Company & Cap- James Stevenss 
Comp2 Jonl Hubard Benejah Austin & Elisha Strong To be the 
officers over the men belonging To Maj- Pomroys Comp" & Cap'. Millers 
— Ephariam Hayward and John Bell & Dudley Bradstreet To be The 
officers over the men that are Left of Cap'. Warners Comp- & Cap' 
Omsteds 

In So Doing you will Oblige you most obediant and Humble Servant 

Sam''^ AVillard 
LovisBODEGB, Oct^ the 2^'">' 1745 

LouiSBOURG 2? Octo^ 1745 
We the Subscribers the Officers to the four Com[)anys within mention'd 
humbly proposed to Your Excellency by Col" Samuel Willard for the 
settlem* thereof; untill the Spring ensueing, or the first of May next 



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desire the favour of your Excellency that we with our respective Com- 
panys may be joyned to the Regiment of Brigadier Generall Waldo ; 
and that your Excelleiicys orders or Commissions may Issue accordingly, 

Jn° Huston 
James Fry 
JoN'^ Hubbard 
Ephraim Hay ward 
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr 

Captain Generall of His Majesties Forces 

att Louisbourg, &c? 

Cap* Frye fr? y" 12'!' July has done the Duty of a Captain to 2 

Companys 
Cap' Hayward fr" d? 

[Indorsed] Sam" Willards Petition 

The following extract, taken from Benjamin H. Hall's 
" History of Eastern Vermont " (p. 37), throws a little light 
on Lieutenant Bradstreet's later career, though I cannot find 
the writer's authority for his statements. A long search 
among the Massachusetts Archives at the State House fails 
to reveal it ; but Mr. Hall, doubtless, had access to other 
papers, which gave him the facts as mentioned in the quoted 
paragraph. 

More effectual measures for the defence of the country were taken 
at the beginning of the year 1747, than had been adopted for some time 
previous. On the 17th of March, Governor Shirley presented to the 
General Court a message relative to the state of Fort Dummer, and 
the importance of its position, and advised that it should be garrisoned 
with a larger force than was ordinarily stationed there. That body 
having voted in accordance with this recommendation, Brigadier-Gen. 
Joseph Dwight, by order of the governor, requested Lieut. Dudley 
Bradstreet to take the command of forty meu, and with them garrison 
Fort Dummer, in place of the guard then stationed there. The request 
was obeyed, and the fort with its stores was, on the 15th of April, 
delivered by Col. Josiah Willard into the hands of his successor. 
Bradstreet retained the charge of the fort for five months, at the end of 
which time it was again placed in the care of its former commander. 

Near the end of July, 1748, Dudley Bradstreet belonged to 
a company of thirty-six men that for two days scouted in the 
neighborhood of Groton, under the command of Captain Thomas 



Tarbell. They were sent out by Major William Lawrence, of 
Groton, under orders from Colonel Samuel Willard, of Lan- 
caster, during an Indian alarm. (Massachusetts Archives, 
XCII. 156.) This is the last trace of Lieutenant Bradstreet 
that I am able to find. Neither the town records nor the files 
of the Middlesex Registry of Probate give any hint or clew as 
to his later history ; and the epitaphs in the Burying-ground 
are equally silent. He disappears from view so completely 
that he may have died soon afterward. 

Jonathan Hubbard, of Groton, was Adjutant of Colonel Wil- 
lard's regiment, and he is mentioned several times in the Diary 
under the name of Hobart. These two surnames are often used 
interchangeabl}' in the early Groton records ; and in Mr. Butler's 
History (page 409) he is called " Lieut. Jonathan Hubbard," 
and in " The New-Eugland Historical & Genealogical Regis- 
ter " (XXV. 259) for July, 1871, the same form is found, 
which agrees with his own signature. In Colonel Willard's 
letter just given, the name is written " Hubard," showing a 
want of uniformity in spelling which was common in those 
days. 

According to an entry in Joseph Farwell's note-book, printed 
in the first volume (No. XIV. p. 29) of the Groton Historical 
Series, the Groton soldiers who took part in the siege of Louis- 
burg left town on March 10, 1745 ; and this squad of men, 
doubtless, included Lieutenant Bradstreet within its ranks. 
His regiment sailed from Boston on March 24, a fortnight 
later. 

For the use of this Diary I am indebted to the courtesy of 
Miss Sarah Colburn Kemp, a native of Gorham, Maine, but 
now a resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, who is a 
descendant in the fifth generation from the writer. Her an- 
cestor Ebenezer Kemp, of Groton, was married about the year 
1748 to Mary, eldest surviving daughter of Lieutenant Brad- 
street ; and they had nine children, of whom a son was named 
Dudley Bradstreet. Their eldest child, Ebenezer, Jr., was 
married on August 31, 1773, to Relief Phillips, of Groton ; 
and they had seven children. Soon after the Revolution this 
son removed to Gorham, where he died in the year 1833 ; and 
members of the family still continue to live in that town. 
David Kemp, their sixth child, was married to Anna Hum- 
phrey ; and they had five children, of whom Willis Bradstreet 



Kemp, the eldest son, was the father of the young lady, whose 
kindness I wish to acknowledge. 

The Diary is written in a clear and distinct hand, and shows 
that the author had received a better education than the aver- 
age yeoman of that period, which is not surprising, as he was 
a lineal descendant of Governor Simon Bradstreet. The ink 
on the first page is so faded that the manuscript for the most 
part is illegible, and only here and there can words be made out, 
— though among such are the proper names Jacob Nutt[ing], 
Peletia Bourn, and John Parker, — but on the last page it is 
still good. Perhaps moisture or an exposure to sunlight has 
wrought the change, or possibly another kind of ink was used. 
On this account the printed copy begins with the second page 
of the journal ; and it opens at the time when Pepperrell's 
forces were lying at anchor in the Gut of Causo, a place pre- 
viously arranged by Governor Shirley as a rendezvous for the 
fleet. 

For other similar journals relating to the siege of Louis- 
burg, see " Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society " 
(I. 131-161) ; "Historical Collections of the Essex Institute" 
(VI. 181-194) for October, 1864 ; " The New-England His- 
torical & Genealogical Register" (XXVH. 153-160) for 
April, 1873 ; and " The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr., 
during his Captivity in the French and Indian War, from May, 
1745, to August, 1747" (New York, 1896). See also "A 
Letter from William Shirley, Esq ; Governor of Massachusett's 
Bay, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle : with a Journal of 
the siege of Louisburg," etc. (London, 1746 ; Boston, re- 
printed), which is in the nature of an official report on the 
military operations. 

The Diary is as follows : — 



\^April 22, 1745.] About 6 aClock in the aftnoone tliere Came in 
a Sloop Major Hodge on Board Came out of Boston with us But not 
haveiug a good Pihxte Suffered verry much att Sea 
att night Came Orders for Cap' Warner to go on Board of CoP Rich- 
monds Vessel to Consult Expecting to Sail on the morrow for Cape 
Breton 

[2]3 The man of war with other Vessels went in Expectation to find 
Comodore Warrin Commodore Warrin Came in Sight with Three 
men of war with him Sent Some men in with Letters 
Came in Two Scooners with a Small french Sloop : One of the Scooners 
Chasd a Small Sloop and She run aground and our men went on Board 
and the french and Indians from y': Land fird upon them and Wounded 
Several of our men one in the forehead One in the arm One in the thigh 
One of yf Scooners Landed her men and Burned Three houses y! Be- 
longed to the french One of which a verry fine house : But Took no 
Plunder Being in a Hurry 
Wrote Letters home 

Eec*! Orders To Sail att Two of the Clock in the morning Sent twenty 
She Lin ^ To Col" Willard Sealed up in a Letter which were Delivd 
he Thakfully Rec'^ them 

24 Connecticut fleet Came in and Brought News y' they Saw a 
Sloop One of their Company w'^I^ mounted 16 Carriage guns : in an 
Ingagement with a french Ship which we Expect is the man of war y' 
our Privateers Ingaged with on y'' 18'.'^ Instant But they had fird Sev- 
eral Broad sides Our Sloop Strove to get away But it is to be fear'd 
They are Taken &c att night went on Board of Major Guilman 

25- Clouudy and Rained Some in the morning A Snow Came in &c 
which Was a Privateer from Rhoad Island She Came from Luisbourgh 
Harbour and Brought News that y! Ice is all gone. Before noone Came 
in the befoi'e mentioned Sloop She is a privateer Sloop and Informs 
us That She Got away from y? french man By Turning To windward 
and that french Vessel had four Broad Sides att her But Did them no 
Damage Excepting Cutting their jib Halliards Before Came in yf 
Perscattua Privatteers from S? Peters. They fird Several Shots att 
the fort and Several Shots Through a house and Saw the woman 
and Children run out of their Houses the Rev"? [M]'' Baulch ^ Din'd 
with us 

1 Shillings are here meant, but why tlie diarist saw fit to use this expression 
it is not easy to conjecture. In another place (December 27) he writes the word 
out correctly. 

2 Thomas Batch (II. C. 1733), minister of the Second Parish in Dedham, now 
Norwood. 

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26"! Rain'd all Day att Times The Commodore Rouse with Two 
Privateers went out Commodores Boatswain Bury'd Cap' Dudley 
with Divers Other Gen! Din'd with us : Cap' Swan Came in and 
Inform'd us that he was On Boai'd of Coinodore Warrin and y' the 
Commodore had Three french Vessels in Toe &c Likewise y* s^ Com- 
odore Warrin Had Lost Seven of his men att margarets Bay he appre- 
hends the Indians have kill'd or Taken them We heard Comissary 
Prout Being on Shore went from his men Two Days ago and they was 
afraid y': Indians had Taken him But his men this Day found him : 
and he Being so far Spent haveing no Sustinance that he Could not 
Speak But after he had Taken Something was able To Travel & is got 
on Board This Day we killd our hogg * 

27'!' Apr': 1745 Rainy weather a man was Bury'd but I know not 
who he was. Sent for y': Doc? To Some Sick People after Dinner 
he w'l* Other Gen'.° Came and y": Cap! with Several of us went on Board 
Col- Willard and when on Board Rec^ Orders To go on Shoar w"" the 
whol Company which we did and Divers Other Companys and Imme- 
diately after we were Imbody'd Rec'? Orders To go on Board allso 
Rec? Orders To Carry yf first Orders we Rec'' after we Came to Canso 
To y*? Gen! which Cap! Warner Performd att night went on Board 
Major Guilman and Rec!^ Pay for a Quarter of Pork we Sold to his 
Lieu! Rec'^ for y'' same = 8 = 3 

Ap'!^ y': 28''^ Sioiday. Cloudy misty and foggy weather in the morn- 
ing heard a Great Gun out att the Harbour : went To meeting on Board 
Col*^ Willard the Rev*! mT Baulch Preached from 2 Timothy first 
Chap': and yf first Clause in y'' 18 or Last Verse. The 121 Psalm was 
Sung my Crocker preacht on Buring Island after Came On Board 
Rec'! Orders For Cap! AVarner to go on Board Col" Richmond att 3 of 
yV Clock and Carry the orders he Rec'' Ap! y'' W^ which Cap' Warner 
Perform'd 

In yf af ternoone Cap! Warner was att meeting On Board CoP. Richmond 
and heard the Rev'' m' Warlter ^ The Lieu' and I w'!' Some Others 
went on Board Col'-' Chandler and heard the Rev'' mT Baulch from 
Mathew VIII 21 & 22" Versres Sung first y*:' 2 first Staves & ^ in yf 34 
Psalm and ^ Stave in Doer Wats's hyms My Newmarch Preacht in 
y!' afternoone on Burying Island from 1 Kings 20 Chap & 11 Verse 
The Perscatua Privateer Lying near us our People heard the Text 
which was from Acts 3 & 9'.'' 

29'!' Came To Sail for Cape Breton about 6 in y^ morning wind att 
N W 100 and Odd Sail in Company: a Brisk Gale a While and then 
Calm till about Sunset and Then y? wind freshend up. Spy'd Several 
Whale &c Looks Like Settled weather : The wind in y*: Evening att 
N N W Took up a Letter floating 

1 Nathaniel Walter (H. C. 1729), minister of the Second Parish in Roxbury, and 
chaplain of the Second Massachusetts Regiment. 



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30"' about 10 Clock Came To anchor in Chappeau Rouge Bay and 
Ordered To Laud yl" men as Quick as Possable : But in yf morning as 
Soone as they Spy'd our fleet y^ fir'd att all their Batterys Imedi- 
ately on Anchoring Landed But before we Landed Saw an army Sally 
out of yf Town in order To Defeat us in Landing but our Privateers 
Play'd with Great Guns But our men y' first got on shore killd four 
frenchmen one a Lieu' and Took Captive One Col" & a Cap? & Three of 
our men wounded y? money &c Comitted to Cap' melvin Left five 
men on Board : and this Day killd and Took Captive that we know 
off 17 frenchmen Three of our men wounded But None killd y' we 
know off Took five Cows killd Three of them 

May y". \\ 1745 Breckfasted on milk where we Lay which was within 
Two miles of yf Citty of Louisburgh 

Last night about Sunset I went on The Top of yf hill where we fird 
about 14 Shots att yf french and they fird from yf Citty Battery att us 
the Shot flew over our heads They fird Several Guns in yf Night 
Last night our watch Last night killd Several French men and Took 
Some Captive They Burned Several of their owne houses 

May %(': V: 1745 Several Horses killd By our men and Some Took 
alive a Great Number of Cattle killd and Taken by our men : The 
Gen! Came on Shore a Number of French Taken ^ our men Some 
of our men went into an house and Plundred yf Same This Day The 
french Sunk Several of their owne Vessels and Burnt Some Their 
Boats Continually Passing as we Think To Carry off their Treasures : 
in yf afternoone an army of our men of about 500 went into yf woods 
17 of our Company went with them Plundred Several houses: I Saw 
a french meti Ly Dead y'. was killd ^ our watch Last night 

May y". 2? Our Army Returnd that went out yesterday with the fol- 
lowing Success they went To a Village at yf head of a Cove & Burnt 
all yf Dwelling Houses «& Waer Houses and a Vast Deal of Treasure 
Some Treasure they Brought home Took Two french men Several 
french men Taken this Day and Two french women and a Verry Hand- 
soni Child about 12 months old Several horses Taken This Day 
Took yf Grand Battery The french had Remov'd and Stopt all yf 
Tutchholes of their great guns and Cast their Powder into the water 
The Enemy in yf Town and Island Battery kept Throwing their Bums 
att our People in yf Grand Battery Surpriz'd in yf night By Several 
Shots in the night which we Supposed were from yf Enemy Imbody'd 
& Drawd up near The Generals Tent Rec'! Orders To Remove about 
a mile further off from yf Town Least we Should be Distroy'd by Bums 
or Shots out of The Town before night we Removed & Incamped 
between The Gen! and Col'.' Willards Camps in yf Night Surprizd by 
Several guns That was Shot att one of our Centrys and four Bullet 
holes madcs in his Blankit 



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May The 3? 1745 Several french men Taken Our men Put One of 
the Cannon in y? Grand Battery To Play and fird Several Shots att y? 
Citty walls yf Enemy keep Continually Fireing with their Cannon 
Morter P^ &c: from y* Citty & Island Battery Our men keep Con- 
tinually Plundering Several Horses Cows &c Brought in The morter 
p- Carriages &c Carry'd this Day and Planted against the Citty we 
are Informd that Comodr Warrin has Taken Two Storeships we are 
Informd y* One of our men fell on yf Rocks and was kill'd in the 
after noone those of our men y? were fixing y* Battery for our morter 
p- were Surprizd by the Enemys Sallying out of yf Town when the 
News Came about 500 of us marcht To yf Releif of our men and when 
we Came The Enemy had Retreated about 1 of the Clock at night 
Col? Willard Came To our Camp and Orderd us To Send 10 men with 
an officer To join w*."" others in Guarding y^ Artillery Serg!^ Goodfrey 
& others sent we hear y? old [Captain] morepang is in yf woods w**" a 
Guard of Thirty men & he is wounded 

May y". 4'.'^ Ordered To muster on yf hill at 8 o'clock in y® morning 
mustered w'.** y^ whole Batalian Ordered Cap' Warner To Take 6 men 
out of every Company in Col" Willards Regim' To Guard yf People 
Sent To Carry Powdr to yf Grand Battery 6 of our Company Ordered 
To go To y^ Guard of y® Artillery in the afternoone Our men from 
the Grand Battery fir'd 92 od Cannon and the Enemy in the meane 
Time fir'd Two Bums about yf middle of yf afternoone Our morter 
p<=As Began To Play flung Sume Bums into y^ Citty One french man 
Taken this Day not One of our men killd that I know off Several 
more Captives Taken fird from the Grand Battery this Day 91 in y^ 
night 15 of our men Sent To The Artilliry I gave a Receipt for 2 
barrels Bread & one of pork 

may y". 5'.'' Sunday I with 5 more went To the Artillery To yf 
Releif of our men while I was there our men fird Several Bums 2 
went Direct into yf Citty The Enemy fird att us But did not hurt any 
of us Our men from yf" Grand Battery Began before night to fire To 
the Citty yf Euey from y^ Island Battery flung their Bums But they 
Cheifly Broke in the air : one of y^ Cannon in our Battery Broke and 
wounded y" Gunner and 4 men more Several Captives Taken this 
Day They Inform us That morepang headed the army y' Came against 
us at Landing and was Shot Thro' y^ Thigh and Thirty men Took into 
yf woods and Tarry'd with him Till he Died | But he is not Dead yet 

One of y* Gen^^ men Died who went into an house To plunder and 
killd himself with Drink Eleven Captives Taken Some men Some 
women Two frenchmen killd Our men Came upon them in the 
woods where they had Carryd their Goods out of yf Citty our men 
Inform us that their is goods Suflicieut To Load 2 Vessels Besides Two 
Bags of gold They Left above 20 men To Guard the Goods andf 



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may 'if. 6"" In y!" morning mustered «& Sent 15 men To yf Artillery 
N B when we Saild from Canso part of our fleet went To S! peters 
& S* Johns Last Night they Came To us & Informd us that they had 
Taken S' Peters The People Cheifly fled and made their Escape the 
Rest they Took Captive They Loaded all their Vessels and Then 
Burned the Buildings and they Burn'd 1000 Bushels of wheat in One 
house Cap' Jaquis was Killd & one more The man that was wounded 
the 23'.' of Apl Dead. Several french killd att S' Peters 



Several Captives Taken &c we heard Several Guns in y? Town 
May y'i 71'' in the morning news Came To y":' Camps y! y'' Enemy 

had Issued out of yf Town yf Army Eallyd but when we Came y? 

Enemy had Retreated when we Returned I went To y^ Comissary 

C Q lb 

Winslow and got One hogshead of Bread weighed 3-2 • 

One Barrel of pork 

I gave a Receipt for yf Same in y? afternoone I went w'.*" Some 
Others To yf Head of yP Bay on Board our Transport: This Day we 
Sent a Flag of Truce But the Enemy Refuse Delivering yf Citty but 
by the Point of yf Sword The Cannon Bums Cohorns &c Continually 
Roaring on Boath Sides Women and Children heard to Screach and 
Cry out in yf Citty when our Bums Came amongst them Yesterday 
Comodore Warrin Came on Shore and ofFer'd us 600 men well Disci- 
plind To Join us in Scaleing y!' walls : he was Pleasd To tell us y* yf 
Day we Entred the Citty of Luisburgh he would Expend on yf Land 

army 500 and on yf Sea forces 500 more out of his owne Estate : Took 
a Small Town and 25 french Captives : Cap! Warner Taken Sick 

gtii Wrote home mustered in the Forenoone Two of our men 
Listed To go att night To help Take yf Island Battery I gave a Re- 
ceipt to Mr Winslow for 6 gallons of Rhum 

9'^ in yf afternoone yf Enemy Came out of yf Citty and Ingaged 
with our men wounded Three of our men But our men Proved too 
hard for the Enemy and Drove them into yf Citty 

May y'l 9"' 1745 Serg? Willson and I went into Several houses: the 
Cannon Bums & Cohorns Continually Roaring on Both Sides Three 
of our men wounded att yf Green hill By a Cannon Ball One mans 
Leg Broke by an Asidental Shot in the afternoone Beat To arms in 
Order To Scale yf Citty Walls : The army mustered But fearing the 
Enemy was Sensable of the Attack : Did not Proceed: the Three of 
our men that was wound*? with a Cannon Ball One Both Legs Cut of 
One Lost p' of thigh Leg and all One Lost one Arm yf man y' Lost 
both Legs Died in a Short Time One man wounded by his Serg* Axi- 
dentally 6 inches of the main Bone of his Leg Carry 'd away it is 



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Thought by the Doctor he will not Recover. One of our Company viz'. 
EjDhraim Proctor had his Gun Cut in Two by a Cannon Ball -. The 
Cannons &c Roaring all Day 

May y"! 10*!' 1745 In yf morning I went To Commissary Winslow 
and gave a Receipt for 5:|- gallons Rum. Last night 19 of our men 
Killd by the Indians Twenty five frencli Captives Brought in this Day 
by our men Some men Some Women Some Children The Cannon 
Roaring all Day the Cheif of yf Bums fird by the Enemy this Day 
Broke in the Air. 

N B there was 21 or 22 killd Eleven of them was Taken and 
after was killd Scalped and Chopt and Stab'd & Prodigiously mangled 
our men Bury'd y'' Bodys of 17 

May f: IV^ 1745 a Verry Cold night Last Night Snow'd This 
Day Exceeding Cold Snow'd Some I Gave Commissary Winslow a 
Receipt for 6 gallons of Rhum and One Bushel of peas Seventeen of 
yf men killd yesterday Buried To Day Two Villages Burnt ^ our 
men with all yf Goods &c: 

May y': 12* Sunday: Somewhat Cold and windy: in yf afternoone 
went To meeting heard y"! Rev"^ Mf Baulch from these words & thou 
art weigh'd in y'; Ballances & found wanting we were Exhorted to be 
allways Ready allways To have ace'* even the Bums Cannons &c 
Continually Roaring night and Day 

13* monday : Two Guns att y- Fa Sheene [Fascine] Battery Burst 
five men wound'' one his Leg Carry'd away «&c : I was Taken w"" Fever 
and flux a french Snow Came in above 100 Cannon fird in ab' half an 
hour 

14 Tuesday Not any Thing Remark" The Cannon Continually 
Roaring a Verry Cold Boisterous Day 

15 Wensday above 300 Cannon fird one man wounded by a Bum 
One of our Cannon allmost spoilt By a Cannon Ball sent f yf En?' and 
Struck her in yf muzzle. one man killd Cap! Hale of Newbury 
Dead Occasioned by a wound Rec*! by a Bum 

16 Thursday The Cannon &c Continually Roaring Remov'd our 
Tent about i mile nearer yf Citty Remov'd Sever' of our men To 
yf Hospital Isaac Kent Jonf Lakin ^ & Stephen Barron '^ Came on 
Shore y*: man Died y! was wounded w*!" a Bum Serg' Woods Put in 
Irons and Confind all nigt I Took working Phuysick 

17 Fryday we had about 50 men Building a Battery near yf Light 
house and 100 french Came upon them and killd one of Col- Gorehams 

^ Jonathan Lakin was a Groton soldier, born on April 28, 1719, and a kinsman 
of Lieutenant Bradstreet through his wife, who was a Lakin. He died at Louis- 
burg on September 1, 1745, where the diarist watclied with him to the last. 

- Stephen Barron also was a Groton soldier, and is mentioned several times in 
these pages. 



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Indians our men Boldly fac'd them and wounded their Cap* and Took 
him they Crossed y? water in y*; night But our men got their Canoes 
and keep y". Ground Several R.ec'l Letters from their wives but I 
Think I Did not Receive any 

18 Saturday. The fasheene [fascine] Batf near viz* within 40 Rods 
of y*: west Gate and Divers 42 pound^f w".** were brought from the Grand 
Batt? mounted y": Began to Play Beat Down y*! Gate and Draw 
Bridge our men get under y". walls & when ever y® Enemy Look over 
they fire them Down : Cap* Peirce ^ killd this Day by a Cannon Ball 
Thr° his Bowels he Livd a Quf of an hour and then Died his Death 
is Greately Lamented Severel 5 killd this Day I had y*; fever all Day 

We have Thirty Sick in our Com^ 

19 Sabbath Above 500 Cannon fird this Day Several men killd 
Several wound** Some killd by Splitting of a Cannon Some Burnt 
Badly by a barrel of Powders Catching fire. 

in y*! after noone a french man of war Appeard a 64 gun Ship 
Coihodore Warrin with his Ships went out and met her they were heard 
by us To fight y*! Bigger part of y'' night we Saw the first of it 
a Bad fever all Day 

20*.'' Nothing Remarkable but y'! Seige Still Continues : I had an 
Exceeding ill Day 

21 Cap' Tyng Came in and Brought the Joyfull Tydings that y? 
Comodore had Taken the french man of war without y^ Loss of a man : 
and that the Comodore had fitted her out and they were in Pursuit of 
y*: Rest of the French fleet : Some French and Indians Spy'd Driving 
of Cattle our men are gone in Pursuit Some of our men Came in 
with Ten French Captives and they Inform us that y'! Enemy had Dugg 
up the Bodys of y" 17 persons Bury'd the Tenth of this Instant and 
Burnt them : Towards Night Notice being given their was Three 
Huzzas att y*; Gen! Tent Three att each of y'; fashines Three att y'' 
Grand Battery and Comodore Warrin att y*: Same Time Came in thef 
Prize man of war into the mouth of Louisburg Harbur under french 
Colours and then Hoisted English Colours above y^ french and gave 
Three Huzzas 

22 This Day Serg* James Carley Died and a 60 gun vShip Came in 
and jion'd our fleet w^'^ was verry Rejoycing 

The man of war Taken y*^ 2 1 instant had 4 months Provision for yV 
Citty of Louisburg 300 Souldiers 1000 Barrels of Powdf 20 Brass 
Cannon Rigging for a 70 gun Ship that is Building att Canady and 
Ord? were when ever their forces were got Together To Settle Canso 
and then Take Port Royal and Drive y": Eastward Parts as f;ir as 
Perscatua 

1 Joshua Pierce, the senior captain of the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, in 
whicli Lieutenant Bradstreet was serving. 



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231 This Day The Cap* aud I were So well we went as far as Col- 
Mooers and Cap' Easmans 
It is Thought V" the Cap! that the L' is Become a Right Tippler 

24 The People Return'd y'. went Last Night To y': Attack of the 
Island Battery This is y". 6'*' attempt of y' Nature To no Purpose firing 
off att Sea this day The French Cap! Died this Day that was wounded 
& Taken y*^ 17 Day he offered Ten Thousand Pounds for a fryar To 
Pardon his Sins before he died and I would have done it my Self as 
well as any fryar or Priest Living for l~ y"; money This Day went To 
Capl Stevens and Drink't New England Cyder and Eat Toast & Cyder 
Exceeding Cold I was Taken w"' y"! Bloody flux 

25* Pleasent Day the woods got on fire which had Like To have 
Distroyd many Tents The Cannon Play Briskly on our Side But 
But [sic] few from the Enemy 

Cap' Melvin with a Comp-*' went a Scouting after Indians at Night. 
Returnd with y*! foil? Success They Came on a Camp of Six french 
men they killd One Took 3 Captive one of w"? was wound*^ They had 
Some Cloaths Catridge boxes aud other accutrements that they had 
Taken from our men that were Killd y". 10'!' of this Instant one that 
was Taken Informs us That he was a Serv? belougd To a Town not far 
from us aud his master about 6 Days ago Turn'd him out To Look for 
his owne Sustinance haveing nothing of his owne To Suf)port him 
W!^ Tho^ Drunk 

26 Simday a Pleasent Day in y*: forenoone My Balch Preacht from 
y^ 3*! verse of y*! Epistle of Jude Sung y! 2 Last Stanzies & ^ in y*: 
118 ps, in yf afternoon Preacht from Prov : 1 2 2G : Sung 2 Last 
Stanzies & -^ in yf 11 Ps : y*: men of war all Came along in a Line of 
Battle The men y' were Inlisted went in Order To attack the Island 
Battery in the morning a Comp^ of about 150 went a Scouting after 
Indians 290 went To y*: attack of y"; Island Battery Cap' melvin 
headed the above Scout 

27 monday in the morning we had the malencolly news of the over- 
throw of our men that went Last night To y*; attack of the Island 
Battery when they Came they found y!" Enemy Prepard for their 
Coming alltho it was Between 12 & 1 at night w*"? gives Cause To think 
y*: Enemy were Appriz'd of their Comeing the Enemy playd with 
Cannon upon the Boates which Distroyd Several Boates and Left the 
men floating on the water Several Boates Landed their men But y* 
Enemy being Prepard Slew them at a Strange Rate Some of our men 
after they fir'd all their Catridges Retreated got into their Boates and 
made their Escape but Some were killd after they had got into yl 
Boates Some Boates Stove against yl Rocks Some run a Drift 
Some of our men fought manfully Till about Sunrise and it is generally 
Thought their was 150 of our men Lost att y*: Least pray g'^ Sanctify 



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this heavy frown of his Providence To us all Cap' Noble and Company 
Came in this Day with 9 french Captives they had Taken and found 
One of our men they had Taken Some time ago Lying Dead verry 
much Cut and mangled he vpas but Just Dead the Enemy had 
murdered him : and by Examination we are Inform*^ that y" Ene'^ 
were 8 Dayes in killing one of our men and when he was Dead Obligd 
One of our men to eat a part of him 

28 Tuesday Foggy a Great Part of the Day our Cafion Play 
Briskly One of our men had the end of his yard Shot off. j". Bloody 
flux Still Continues 

29'!' Wensday a miserable Election i : But y*: Pleasantist Day we have 
had Since we Left N: England The Cannon &c play verry Briskly 
But we have this Day y'! malencholly news of y^ Loss of Several of our 
men their was 400 of them in the woods They Came vipon 100 
french «fe 80 Indians they had Several Shallops Loaded with fresh 
Beef and they Intended Last Night to have Brought it Down to y5^ 
Citty But our men Came upon them and they fought 6 hours and killd 
Several viz! 6 or Eight of our men Two Cap'"'' and in all their is 30 
killd and wounded Several mortally wounded they Rcov"* y*: Bodies 
of 12 french men «fe Saw where y*: Indians had Drag'd away their Dead 
Took One frenchman 

30'.'^ Thursday Foggy Cloudy &c : This Day our men fird Briskly 
& Cut Down y*: french flag The Comodore Sent Two Letters To y? 
General I went Down To y"; water Side and bought a fresh Cod w".*" 
made a fine Supper and Breckfast : The Bloody flux Left me One of 
our french Captives Inform us that The french & Indians are forming 
into a Body To Come upon us : Several Bums This Day hove into y!^ 
Citty Two of their Ambosheres Beat Down The Enemy keep Con- 
tinually Digging within y*! walls att Night Isaac Kent went upon the 
Grand Guard which is y® first Duty he has Done Col" Chandler Sent 
To me for an Ace' of y*: Number of the Sick in our Company which 
was 23 and the N° on Duty which was 4 at y": furthermost fasheene 

31 Fryday Foggy in yf morning I gave Col'! Chandler an attested 
ace' of the Sick in our Comj^any which was 19 The Number on Duty 2 
One att yf fasheene One with Cap? Melvin going on a Scoute with him 
after Indians Cap' Melvin Defers going till tomorrow morning 
Ten Captives Brought in 7 men and Three women They had eat no 
Bread for Ten Days They Inform us that there was 32 French & 
Indians killd in yf Ingagement The 28'.** Instant and 40 wounded Our 
People found 12 Guns on the Ground where the Ingagement was : 
they Likewise Inform us that Their was 6 of their men killd in yf 
Ingagement with Col- Gorha"' the 17'!* Instant This Day made an 

1 Referring to Election Day at home in Massachusetts, which fell on the last 
Wednesday of May. 



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Apprizal of the Effects Serg* James Carley Died Seizd oif. an Irish 
maa Taken this Day it is Thot he had bin in y^ Citty he Belongs 
To One of our Companys and it is Thot he has Practis'd going into yf 
Citty every Oppertunity Since he has bin here he is now in Irons 

June if. 1 1745 Saturday Foggy Cloudy Thick weather a Vessel 
Came that was Sent by yf General To Port Royal but when they Came 
to yf Narrows the Indians fir'd att them above 200 Shots and 9 Canoes 
Came off So that they were Oblig'd To Run : a Ship and Snow Taken 
by our men of war Cap' Melvin went out with a Company on a Scout 
3 of our Company witli him The Cap? and I went To Cap! Easmans 
House which is within Musket Shot of y*" Citty we Tarry'd all night 

2? Sunday Cloudy we went To Several Houses then Returnd 
To Cap' Easmans and he went with us and we went into I Beleive 
above 20 Houses Then we went To the Grand Battery and heard a 
Sermon from Amos 4-12 Those words Prepare To Meet thy god 
Israel The Grand Battery is the Strongest Place that ever my eyes 
Beheld Stephen Barron Drunk Strawberrys full in yf Blow A Brig- 
ganteen Taken by our men of war 

3 Monday Rainy Cloudy &c in the morning then Pleasent weather 
Cap' Dunahew Brought a morter and 2 Beds for y!' same from Boston 
at night yf morter and One bed were Carry'd To Cap' Easmans fasheene 
Battery: a Sloop from Canada Loaded with Provisions had Like To 
have got into yf Harbur But one of our Vessels Came So hard after 
her that Slie Run a Shore near y^ Light house and yf men got on Shore 
w'.'' their arms and fird att our men when they was getting off yf Vessel 
but To no porpose our men got off yf Vessel Safe : and Brought her in 
the Others are gone in Pursuit of the Enemy wrote home 

4 Tuesday Fine weather as Soone as Day Liglit Appear'd we 
were Surpriz'd by Several Vallyes of Small Arms Down att yf Citty 
but it Prov'd To be our owne men Shott Two Vallyes & the Enemy 
One Two Vessels Taken this Day by our Shipping : 

Cap' Melvin Returnd with following Success : They killd Two french 
men and Brought in Seventeen Captives I went To yf Comissarys 
and gave a Receipt for a Barrel of pork and 80 weight of Bread this 
Day our men Began To fire hot Bullets To the Citty. their was 
Letters on Board the french Sloop y! Came fi-om Canada y' was Taken 
yesterday That gave an Ace' that their was 1000 french and Indians 
gone To Atl;ack Anappolis and Cap! Rouse Cap' Tyug Cap! Snelling 
are gone from us To their assistance Last night a french man Came out 
of y!" Citty & Deliv') himself To our men and Upon Examination he 
Declares that their is 106 of our men y' was Lost att yf Island Battery 
Prisoners in yf Citty & that their is about 800 figliting men in the Citty 
and that their is Divers in the Citty would be Glad To DeU themselves 
to our men if they knew they should have Quarter 



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5 Wensday fine weather Till Towards night and att night Rain'^ 
This Day Came in a Small Sloop from Canso and Inform us that on the 
25'!^ of may 800 french and Indians Came from Anappolis To yp Assist- 
ance of Cape Breton att night I went Cap? of y": Grand guard with 
19 men Three of y': men being found asleep on y". gaurd we Took 



their guns 



\_Two jKiges of the Diary here gone.l 



[June 8] ... Ship and y^: Gov": Knowing the Hand writeing were 
Exceeding Sorrowfull and he heard Divers of Souldiers and Comon Sort 
of people Say we are gone : the men women and Children followed him 
in Droves: he Saw oGO Souldiers on the Parade in arms he Likewise 
Informs us that above 100 of our men y? were att y'! Island Battery 
were Prisoners in y': Citty and that their is no Such thing as Scaleing 
y? walls But gives Great Incouragement Concerning our Takeing the 
place if we have a Stock of Powder 

In yr morning the French fird out of their Barracks verry fast a man 
was Rideing y<; Road and Had his heel Taken away by a Cannon Ball 
and the horses Guts Lett out 

O'f* Sunday Rain'd in the morning I watched ^ y"; night Last nitrht 
The Enemy Cast Three Bums att our People but Did not hurt any of our 
men : Last night Two Zvvits [Swiss] Came out of the Citty with their 
arms and Delivered themselves To our men and they Inform us that 
yesterday One of their Souldiers had a Design To have Disserted and 
Come to us and had a Letter from One of our men that is a Prisoner in 
y!' Citty To Bring to his friends But he being Discovered they Hanged 
him Directly they Likewise Inform us that the Enemy have but fsO 
barrels of Powder : they Inform'd Likewise that many in the Citty 
would be Glad To Come Out and Deliver themselves to iis : they Like- 
wise Inform us when we Came they had 600 Sould? when we Came 
and now they had but about 500 they Says that if our Bumaueer had 
held On Casting his Bums into y? Citty a Fryday and they att Major 
Titcoms Battery had fird Briskly he Beleives they would have Deliv- 
ered up the Citty in about an hour more This Day we Carry'd Casks 
from the Old Stores to wall in Our Citty Occasioned by News from yf 
Zwits That their was an Army of french and Indians Comeing upon us 
a Verry Cold Day this Day. they yf Zwits Inform us Thtft had all 
our Boates Landed att yf Island Battery they would Surrend"-." them 
Selves But Seeing Some of our Boates Retreat Incouraged the Enemy 
It is Thought our men of war are in an Ingagement 
The Zwits Inform us that they in the Citty had not ha<l their Cloaths 
off Since we Came 

June 10'!' monddy fair weather Pearly in the morning Cap? War- 
ner Cap' Willard Clerk Patterson & I went Down to yf Grand Battery 
and Major Titcoms Battery and into Sundry Houses we went into the 



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Towers in the Grand Battery Saw Several Beautifull women Taken 
Some Time ago : wee went above the Grand Battery To the Vilkige 
That our men Burnt The first Day of may a man Cut in Two by a 
Cannon Ball att y? Light house Battery and another wounded 
Yesterday a fifty Gun Shij? Came & Joind our men of war they 
Brought with them a french Privateer they had Taken and Three 
Dayes ago they parted with Two 60 gun Ships Comeiug To our Assist- 
ance Two men wounded by a Small Shott att yf fasciene Battery next 
y^ wall went up the Bay and Got a boat and 2 beds we found The 
Strawberrys full in the Blow 

tTune 1 1*.'' fair weather : & Coronation Day in the morning The 
whole Batalia was Calld by the Beat of yf Drums To prayers att 
Twelve we were Rally'd by the Beat of y^' Drums and Excercised and 
Drank the Kings health the Gen! went on Board the Comodore be- 
fore night Return'd att night all Rally'd by yf Beat of y? Drums To 
Prayers : Comeing Back from pray^ Saw men Burying a Young man. 

June yf 12'? fine weather Col° Willard Sent for me and Ordered 
me to go w* yf Adjatant Hobart To yf Advance Battery and To yf Sev- 
eral Cap'-^ there and Take an Account of all yf able Bodyd men that 
were there and Besides The Sick & wounded we found Belonging to 
Col" Willards Regim! 158 we were Setting Divers of us By Cap' 
Easmans fire I was writeing and there Came a Cannon Ball and 
Struck yf Chimney and made yf fire and Soot Fly att a Strange Rate 
Adjatant Hobart^ got up & Run. A man wounded by a Bum this Day 
yf flesh of his Buttock Carryd away 

[^Junel 13 I Lay att Cap! Easmans in yf morning Our Bumaneer 
Cast Three Bums into or Near the Ambzciers Belonging To yf Enem^ 
after Breckfast we went into our Advance Battery which is within 
about 30 Rods of yf Citty and The P2nemy fird with Small Arms. The 
Bullets flew on Every Side : I had a verry fair Shot att One of yf 
Enemy : in the afternoone L! Webster Came with us To our Camps : 
Three men of war viz! 2 GO Guns and One 40 Gun Ship Came and 
Joind our fleet they Took Three Ships and Brought in w*."^ them Re- 
moved our Tent this Day Within our walls : the Enemy fird from their 
Barracks with small arms : the morter Remov"* To yf Light House in 
Order To Play upon yf Island Battery 

14 fine weather L! webster with Some of our Company went afish- 
ing Catchced a fine parcel of fish a man Died that was wounded By 
a shot from yf Enemy Before Night went Down Towards yf Citty To 
Cap! Easmans and A Switzer Came Back w* me : Three of our men 
went on Board one of the men of war 5 Zwits in a Sliallaway Disserted 
and went on Board Our Comodore 

1 Jonathan Ilobart, a Groton soldier, was tlie adjutant of the Fourth Massa- 
chusetts Regiment. For a reference to him, see the introduction to this journal. 



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The. 15'!' Day. our Bumaneer Cast from yf Light House 8 Bums 
into y^ Island liattery y? People viz' y? Enemy Run out of y^ Battery 
into y? water up to their middles : The Enemy in y? Citty were Drawd 
into a Body and our People from Titcoms Battery fird 5 42 Pounders 
and Cut Down Two Ranks of y" Enemy 

15 Went in y? raorninif To yf Advance Battery and Returnd before 
noone On the Return the whole Army Drawd into a Batalia the 
Comodore and Gen! Came and Veiwd us & the Coiuodore made a Speech 
and Told us we Could not Take yf Citty with y? Land forces neither 
Could he w'^ y? Sea forces without yf assistance of each Other and Advised 
us To Join and yf first Easterly wind he would Come in by Sea and we 
by Land and Try it out : Before Sun Set a Flag of Truce Came out of 
yf Citty Last night The Enemy Cast 45 Bums att our People But To 
no Porpose The Flag of Truce Came with a Request in Writeingfor a 
Cessation of arms Till they might hold a Council of "War for they s? the 
English Play'd So Smart that they Could not hold a Council yf Genl 
and Admiral gave them Till To morrow morning 7 or 8 oCIock 

IG Sunday: Cloudy Foggy weather After Prayers The flag of 
Truce Came out of the Citty about 12 of y® Clock the flag of Truce 
Returnd after they had agreed on yf following Articles viz if yf Enemy 
would Surrender up yf Citty To give them their Goods and To fur- 
nish them with Vessels To Carry Them to Old France and in Case 
they Comply'd they were to Send Hostages by Six o Clock in the after 
noone they ask Liberty To Settle on this Island or Canady or Some 
of the Adjacent Islands But it was not Granted 

and in Case tliey Do not Comply Tlie fleet To go in by Sea and all our 
forces by Land Iihediately & To have a fair Tryal The Gen! went off 
Crying: Before night A Gen! Came out of yf Citty and Deliv*! himself 
as a Hostage & The Citty To be Deliv!;' on yf morrow 

June 17'!^ moiiday Cloudy in the fore part of yf Day in tlie Latter 
part Raind : in the morning after prayers Rally'd &c Rallyd a Sec- 
ond Time and then Several Regim'.'' with yf Gen! L! Gen' Brigadeers 
&c Advanced Towards the Citty To Take Possession 

N B : Admiral Warrin went into the Harbour with all his Ships in 
yf morning and Saluted yf Citty By fireing our People Took Posses- 
sion of the Island Battery Last Night 

When our Army MarclitTo yf Citty the Colours were flying the Drums 
Beating Trumpets Sounding Flutes & Vials I'laying CoP Bradstreet -^ 
att yf Head of the Army The Gen! L! Gen! and Gentry in yf Rear. 
yf French men and women & Children on yf Parade they Lookt verry 
sorrowfull I went into yf Citty and then Retreated and Came Back To 
our old Citty : [ Tioo pages are here gone.'\ 

1 Colonel Bradstreet wvas an Englishman by birth, but probably not akin to 
the diarist. 



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20 Thursday Raiuoy Cloudy and foggy weather W™ Thomas was 
Drunk I went aUround y!^ Citty walls and Saw all yf Cannon Bum 
Morters &c 

21 Fryday Cloudy Rainny & Foggy weather Remov'd our Sick To 
an house near y? Citty & Two men To nurse them 

22 Saturday Rainny Cloudy & foggy weather Eighteen French 
men made their Escape out of y" Citty Cap! Warner Capi Willard 
Clerk Patterson and I went into yf Barracks or Cittydal and when we 
were in yh" Chappel there was a man aloft and yf upper part Being verry 
much Broke by our Cannon Balls it gave way & and [sic~\ a Cannon 
Ball with Boards Came Down and had Like To have Struck Clerk 
Patterson & my Self and the man hung by his arms By a Joyce 

23? Sunday Rainny Cloudy «& foggy weather The 18 french men 
that made their Escape yesterday Brought in with their arms Snap- 
Sacks Provision &c and were CoiTiitted To Prison M"! Moody ^ Preacht 
in the foreuoone att y'! Camps from Prov : 8 : 6 M'' Langdall Preacht 
in the afteruoone from Heb: 3: 13 The Artillery Removd from y^ 
fasciene Batterys 

24'^ Monday Rainny Cloudy & Foggy weather Cap! Rouse Came 
in but Did not know y": place was Taken till he Sent his Boates on 
Shore att yf Camps 

25'^ Tuesday Rainny Foggy & Cloudy weather Cap! Rouse Came 
into Louisbourg and Brought 2 Bum Morters and 250 Cannon : 

26'^ Wensday fine weather : 

27'1* Thursday Cloudy Foggy &, Rain'd Exceeding hard Some 
Time* we Remov'd Down To yf Houses 

28!? Fryday Foggy &c Oliver Green '^ Died and was Buried 
Five mareens was whipt I wrote home 

29* Saturday Wet weather : I went into The Citty 

30'" Sunday W Moody Preacht att yf Chappel in yf fore Part of 
the Day and mf Crocker in the after part in yf fore part I wrote To 
my wife in y!' after part went To meeting the Text was Psalm 56 : 12. 

July 1 monday Fair weather 

July 2"^ Tuesday Cloudy &c : A Comp^ Came in and Some of 
them Came to our house before they knew yf place was Taken I went 
into yf City with them 

3 Wensday : a man of war Came in w'^ 200 Souldiers To Carry To 
Annoppolis To Release our men Sent there Last Summer Yesterday 

1 Samuel Moody (H. C. 1697), minister of York, Maine. 

^ A Grotoii soldier. According to " The New-England Historical & Genea- 
logical llegister" (XXV. 200) for July, 1871, he was a private in Captain 
Jonathan Smith's company in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment (Colonel 
Joseph Dwight). Judging from the tamiliar names, there were other soldiers 
from Groton and neighborhood, who belonged in that company. 



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W" Tho^ being in y? Citty in Drink and Threatened a woman that he 
would knock her Down if She would not give him Liq' he was Put 
under a guard and kept all night in the morning brought Before Col? 
Willard and Ordered into y"' Citty To be Tryed by a Court martial 
Several Vessels went out Some for franco with Transports & Some to 
New England 

Juh/ 4'?^ Thursday Several Vessels went out Some for France 
with Transports &c : I went a Strawbering 

Julij 5'i^ Fryday a wild Cow and Calf Came out of y® woods 
Several went in Pursuit I went Till I was Out of Breath and then 
Returned : Cop! Lakin Ordered Stephen Barron To Guard y® Arms and 
he Told him To Kiss his ass for which he was Ordered To Ride the 
Pickets an hour 

the men That went after y*^ Cow Return'd and Brought y"! Cow but Lost 
y*^ Calf Col" Choate Came from New Eugland with Two Companys 
of men 

July 6'!^ 1745 Fine Growing weather In y? Morning Several of us 
went in Pursuit of y': Calf yl Belonged to y" Cow y' was Brought in 
yesterday But Could not find it : heard Several Guns Towards yf Head 
of y^' Bay 
Cap! Rouse Saild for London for Recruits aud yf Council Sent for 

£ S D 

9555 = 2:6 Sterling To Repair y? Breaches our Cannon Bums &c had 
made in yf Walls Barracks Store Houses & Hospitalls and magaziens: 
Upon his Sailing the men of warr fir'd a Great Number of Guns Cap' 
Snelling Came from N England with Souldiers 

July 7'!' Sunday fine weather M- Moody Preacht in the forenoone 
in y? Chappel in yf Barracks in y? Citty in y? afternoon Mf Williams 
Preacht mf Baulch Preacht in yf Suburbs in y*' afternoone From 1 
Pety 3 : 19 : 20 Sung 2 Last Staves in y? 84 Ps : Sung 2 Last Staves 
in y!' 73 Ps : Two men of Warr went out on a Cruse Some Vessels 
Came in 

8 monday fine weather Nine Cap'f viz One out of a Regiment 
Being a Com'"*^ went To Search yf Vessels : I went w'.*" them : we 
found in L'on Brass &c : To yP Valine 7 or 8 Hundred pounds «& 
Brought it On Shore : Cap: Duunahews Vessel Came in with y*^ fol- 
lowing Sorrowfull Tydings : Viz They were in yf Gut of Canso And 
Seven Indians Discover'd themselves with a Flagg of Truce and Cap! 
Dunnahew with all his officers Save One : Their Being Twelve in all went 
on Slioar aud their Started up about 200 Indians and fir'd upon Cap! 
Dunnahew «fe Company and Distroyd them all and Burnt their Bodys : 
The above was Done June 29"' 

9'!" Tuesday fine weather yf Reg! mustered aud marcht Towards 
the South gate as far as yf Powder plott aud their Dismiss'd this Day 
Came a french man from S' Johns and had Cap! Duunahews Ring on 



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his finger and Brought News that alltho' Cap! Dunuahew was killd and 
four more yet there was Seven alive : But they was wounded Began 
To work at yf west gate in Order to Rebuild the Same 

10'!^ Cloudy went a Searching Vessels and found Considerable of 
Iron &c : I wrote home Last month I wrote home Twice But Did not 
Enter y? Same 

jl^jth j^Jiuygday fine weather a Number vrent To Raising Vessels 
I went w'.'' them we Raisd a Scooner new : y' never had bin to Sea 
She is about 40 Tuns This is yf Third vessel has bin Weighed : a 
Number w'.'^ our Com*?" which Consists of nine Cap'"*" viz One out of a 
Regiment our Cap* being One of y^ Com*?*^ went To y'5 Grand Battery 
and in Searching they found of Iron Clothing &c Considerable 

12 Fryday fine weather One Vessel Rais'd Considerable Plunder 
brought from On Board y": Vessels: Several Shallops Came in w'-*^ 
french &c : 

13 Sahirday fine weather went in Search of Plunder and brought 
Several boat Loads of Barr Iron Cables Spikes &c on Shore out of a 

Vessel 30 Sterling found by One of y*: Com*?^ : Several Shallops of 
french Came in Wood Sloops Came in 

1 A: Sunday Cloudy Rainny t^c : in the morning: afterwards fine 
weather : in the forenoon mf Williams Preacht in y? Chappel from 

1 Chron : V 18 : 19 : 20 : 21 : & 22 : Sung The 20*-'> PS : In yP after- 
noone mf Fair weather Preacht from 1 Chron: 11 & 13 verses Sung 

2 first staves & ^ in y! 18 Psal : News Came in this Day that Cap? 
Fletcher who went in his Privateer To Guard our wood Sloops hath 
Taken a french Privateer y* Came out of Canada & they Inform us 
y? y"; Ship that was Chast by our Privateers when we Lay att Canso 
Apl 18 19 &c Came into Cauda 32 Days ago & had Taken Cap' 
Smothers : Several Shallops of french Came in : 

15 monday fine weather in yf morning Cap* Warner Capt Willard 
& mySelf with Others went To yf N E Harbour I went Round To 
yf Light House went up into yf Lanthorn it is a magnificent Building : 
from yf Bottom To yf Lanthorn is 72 Steps yf Lanthorn is 14 feet 
Glass a Bason of Copper in the Lanthorn full of oil 23 Wicks in yf 
Oil the Bason will hold above h barrel the Light house Excepting yf 
glass is Bum Proof We Took up 2 Shallops : Ca{)* Tyng Came in : 
Sev! of us found a C f & I eat a fine Supper of V — 1 

16 Tuesday: the Sun arose Clear: but Soone Clouded and foggy 
Several Vessels Came in from N England with Sould- 500 in all I 
Rec*? a Letter from my D- wife 

17 wensday fine weather 8 of our men Dismissed viz L' En- 
2 Serg*.' 1 Copf 1 Stew : 2 more The Com^ & I went with them 
in Search after Cattle found 5 horses 3 Cows Dealt allowance of Rum 
for four Days Exclusive of this Day 



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18 Thurday Thanksgiving m"; williams preacht from 

I Delivl 6 Days allowance of meat To every mess & One Days allow- 
ance of Peas : a Sheep Deliv'l to each Comp^ and pint of wine to Each 
man ^ Our Sheep would have bin (after yV Guts had bin Taken out) 
more Suitable for a Lanthorn then for Eating : Some Companys 
Came in 

19 Fryday Fine weather Cap' Warner and I Din'd w"' Cap! James 
Fryy we had Boild Lamb Pork & Veal Rost Lamb & Veal good wine 
good phlip & punch : at Night we Supped on a Stew of mutton & 
pork & wine To Drink : a Ship flag of Truce Saild for france with 
Captives 

20 Sahirday Cloudy Rainy &c Nothing Remarkable a Snow Flag 
of Truce Saild For France with Captives 

21 Sunday Rainny : in y*; morF m^ Williams Preacht att yJ' Chappel 
att y^ Barracks from John 20 : 31 in the forenoon & y^ Old England 
Chu*^ People met att y? Chappel Att y? Hospital in y? afternoone the 
old England Church minister preach! from 116 Ps: 12 att yP Chappel 
by the Barracks a Vessel Came in with women & Children from 
N Eng'-' 

22*! Monday fair weather I went into y!' Citty To Take an Ace! of 
the men y* worked in Col- Willards Reg- at Carrying wood & Took 
w- me out of our Comp^ Jn'! Rand Jn° Wright W- Tho- John Peirce 
Gideon Sanderson Eph- Proctor Aaron Boynton y! worked y!' whole 
Day- 

att night Rec*! Orders To Send a Corp! & 5 men To go on board y*: man 
of war Occasioned by a Large Saild Lying off y'" mouth of y" Harb"". 
Suppossed To be an East Indeaman or a man of war this Day Cop! 
Benj- Randal Died & was Buryed. : we Sent Cop! Lakin & 5 more 
but they Came on y!^ Parade to Late 

23 Tuesday Two men of war went out against y!' Ship & gave her a 
Broad Side & Several Bow Chased and Took her : 

24^'' Wensday I went To Oversee the men Carrying wood att yl 
Kings Gate : in y!^ afternoone the men of war Came in with yP Prize 
Taken Yesterday She is a Vessel of about 700 Tun an East India 
man Judged To be worth One million & h money : yP Cap* & I & 
Sev! more moved into y? Citty 

25 Thursday fine weather Took an Inventory of y*; Effects of 
Cop' Randal & Oliver Green : I went to yP CoiTiissaiys & Took 3 

^ It may be inferred that Lieutenant Bradstreet was the regimental com- 
missary ; and the wine served out to the men at this time undoubtedly was loot 
taken from the enemy. His allusion to the leanness of tlie mutton is interesting. 

- John Pierce, Gideon Sanderson, and Aaron Boynton are known to have 
been Groton soldiers, and perhaps also some of the others were. Sanderson died 
on November 13, and Boynton on December 24. 

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gall!!-'^ of Brandy & Dealt out 3 Days allowance : Three Gallons of 
Molosses To yP Three messes in the Suburbs : Three Days allowance 
of meat To y? mess" in y? Suburbs 

26 Fry day fine weather Last night Came in Cap^ Wetherbe & 
his Compy with Part of Cap^ Davis's Compan>: This Day I Reci a 
Letter from my wife which was pleasing &c went a Strawberrying 

27 Saturday Rainny &c 

28 Sunday fine weather in y^' forenoone the C^^ minf Preacht from 
Rom : 12 : 18 in y'! afternoone mr Williams Preacht from prov : 20 : 27 
in the morning a Large Ship Came in Sight Supposd to be an East 
India man : and Two of our men of war went out after her 

29*?^ Monday a Gen! Muster and in yl afternoone arose a Great 
Disturbance betweene y": men of wars men & our men which was 
Exceeding hot in y'" afternoone yf men of war y' went out Yesterday 
Came in with y'! Ship they went after She is a Rich Prize an french 
East India man 

30'!' Tuesday Rainy Last night Came in 250 Sould" from N Hamp- 
shire : we had a pint of wine allowed To each man To Drink y'r 
Kings health Serg! Woods Took y': Stewardship ^ I Din'd w*'' Cap* 
Erie 

31 Wensday foggy Cloudy weath"" Serg' Woods has not Chang'd 
Guns this Two Dayes a thing verry Remarkable : 

August V. 1745. in y'* morning Col" Willard Sent for me & Ord'- me 
to Oversee his Reg' y! worked in Repairing y'" Citty walls : accordingly 
I went 14 of y*: Reg! work'd 

2 Fryday fine weather I went To Oversee y"; People Clearing the 
Store yard : A Large Ship Came in Sight Our men of war went out 
& Took her She is a french South Sea man a Rich Prize has been 
out Three years 

3 Saturday I went To Oversee y' workmen Ten men Bury'd this 
Day 4 in Arms : I wrote home 

4"' Sunday Mr Williams '^ of Longmeadow Preacht in yf forenoone 
at y*: Hospital Chappel from 55 Is : & 6'!' a Seazonable Lively affec- 
tionate Sermon In y^' afternoone Ml" Williams of Newhaven preacht 
from Dut : 32 : 29 One man Bury'd after meeting Several Small 
Vessels Came in 

5'!" Cloudy foggy &c : I went To Overseeing &c 

6'.'' Tuesday An Exceeding Rainny Day One Hubbard Died y^ 
Liv'd with part of our Company out of y? Citty 

7'!* Wensday a Rainny Day Last night about 12 O' y'' Clock Died 

^ Sergeant Woods was probably a Groton soldier ; and without doubt the 
stewardship included the duties of a commissary -sergeant. 

2 Stephen Williams (H. C. 1713), first minister of Longmeadow, where he 
died on June 10, 1782, aged 89 years. 



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in the Hospital Isaac Keut he Lay but a few Dayes Sick about 6 iu 
y': afteruooue we Bury'd him a man Rid y*: wooden Horse on y? 
Parade 

8* Thursday fine weather I overseed the workmen Cleaning the 
Kings Bake House Last night the wooden horse Torn in peices 

9'.'' Cold weather. I went To Oversee Last night Stephen Barron 
Imbarked &c 

W]" Saturday a Cold Day a Gen! muster fird Plattoones : y^ 
martial Laws Read att yf head of every Reg! a Souldier whipt 39 
Lashes for Robbing a Dead Corpse & Leaving yf Body u[n] buried 

1 1 Sunday Cold Cloudy weather Last Fryday a Scooner was going 
after wood with about 30 men & by a mischance as they was goino- out 
of the Harbour near yf Light house Run upon yf Rocks and Split yf 
men Lost their guns Cloaths &c But yf Boates Hastned out & Sav'd 
all yf men in y^ foreuoone y!' Rev^' Ml' Williams of Longmeadow 
preach't at y': Hospital Chappel from Luk : IX 62 Sung y-^. 3 part of 
yf 50 Ps : in yf^ afternoone M": Williams ^ of Newhaven Prea' from 
Dut 32 29 : a Stormy Day Wind at NE. 

Monday Aug': 12'!' Stormay Day Tins is y^' 4'!' Day y'' wind has 
Blowd Strong & Cold at N E I Took 3£ 7 Sterling iu pei''.^ 8 & 
Pistareens of yf Brgadeer To pay yf workmen for On Loading of wood : 

13 Tuesday I went to Overseeing Serg' David Barker Died this 
Day One Briant Sentenced To have 5 Lashes on his naked Back 3 
Dayes Running 

14 Wensday fine weather I went To Overseeing four men Buryed 
this Day One whipt 5 Lashes for Prophane Swearing &c & Drawing 
Sword and threatning a man 

15 Thursday fine weather I went To Overseeing the man that 
was whipt yesterday whipt again To Day five Lashes and is To have 
five more To morrow : one man whipt 21 Lashes at the whipping post 
on the Parade for Strikeing his Superiour officer. John Phillips washd 
and Shirted himself O mavellous 

16 Fryday Pleasent weather I went To Overseeing his Excel- 
lency Govr Shirly his Mad'!' yf Commodores mad".' with Divers other 
Gent" 

I?'!' Saturday Fine weather the Gov'' Came on Shore a Gen! 
Muster The whole army was mustered & Placed in the most Genteel 
manner To Receive the Gov"" the Gen' walk't foremost the Governors 
Lady at his Right Then his Excellency &c 

The men Stood on Each Side with their arms Rested from yf Gate By 
yf Comodores To y" Barracks att y" Gover^ Landing yf Cannon fir'd 
from y" Batterys & from yf men of war : when the Battallian was Dis- 
missed there was fireing with Small arms for Two Hours His Excel- 

1 Elisha Williams (II. C. 1711), wliu had been President of Yale College. 



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lency's arrival was verry Rejoycing To us all : he Brought with him 
Several of his Children I Overseed y? workmen 

18 Sunday Rainny weather Last night Died W- Thomas about 10 
of y? Clock Buryed after Meeting : in y? afteruooue m^ Williams preacht 
from 1 Cor : 2 : 2 : his Excellency was at meeting Cap! Tyng Came 
in with Two Compauys of men Col- Berry Came with him 

19 monday Rainny weather John Dakin Died a man Rid y! 
wooden Horse with 2 muskets at his heeles 

20 Fine weather I went To Overseeing 

21 Fine weather I went To Overseeing Serg? Joseph Woods Died 
His Excellency went To y^' Grand Battery They Saluted him by 
fireing 

22;' fine weather I went To Overseeing Several Lay Dead in yf 
Hospital and Thro' a mistake another Company Buryed Serg* Woods 
in y? Stead of their owne man : & we Buryed their man his Excel- 
lency went to yf Island Battery he was Salluted by fireing 

23 Went To Overseeing We Bought 1 Quarter of Beef Exceed- 
ing good 

24 Fine weather I went To Overseeing A Genl muster his 
Excell^ Veiud us his Speeches made in y'' Court at home Relateing 
To yP Prosperity of y? army Read his Excellency gave y': army 2 
hogs- Rum To Drink the Kings health 

25'^ Sunday Rained Exceeding hard 

26*? Monday I went To Overseeing 

27'? Tuesday : I went To Overseeing 

88 Wensday I went To Overseeing 

29 Thursday I went To Overseeing Cap' Warner Taken Sick 

30'? Fryday I went To Overseeing I wrote home f Col- Berry 
Sent Two Three Pistareene p^^ To my wife 

31 Saturday I went To Overseeing 

Sep": \\ 1745 a Rainny Day Two Privateers went out after a Ship 
that was Discoverred and Lookt upon to be a french Ship 

2'? monday Last night between 8 & 9 o' y? Clock Died Jon? Lakin 
in yf Hospital I Glossed his Eyes Before night Buryed Jon? Lakin 

3':^ Cap' Richardson Brought in a French Ship he had Taken & 
Brought news of Several French men of war that was in yP offal Six 
of our men went on Board the Sloop Union Cap! may hew Commander 

4 Wendsday Fine weather Goold^ Died Cap: Warner Exceed- 
ing Bad: 

5 Thursday fine weather 

1 Probably a Groton soldier, anJ perhaps the same as Benjamin Gould, a cor- 
poral in Captain Smith's com])any, Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, mentioned 
in " The New-England Historical & Genealogical Register" (XXV. 2G6) for July, 
1871. 



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6'?" Fryday about 8 in y? morning Died Cap! Warner The Lord 
Sanctify his holy hand att 5 O'the Clock we Buryed him with a Great 
Deal of honour & Respect a Part of all or Cheif of y': Com? in y" Reg- 
iment attended yP funer! Under arms the Souldiers warlk foremost 
with their arm in funeral Posture next y!" Drummers next y^ Cap- 
next yf Corp[se.] Behind walkt y.'' General Col'.' Willard at his Left 
hand next all the Col- 

I was Taken Sick y^' night after yf Cap! Died & have not kept any 
Journal To this Day 

Thursday Nov', y': 14'!' Last night Died Gideon Sanderson: in j': 
afternoon we Bury'd him 

Fryday 15 Rain'd & Snow'd Some : 

Saturday 16 in yf morning Snow'd Some 

Sunday 17 fine weather the Revf m-: Williams Preacht out of Can- 
ticles from those words I Sleep but my heart waketh it is yf Voice of 
my Belovl' &c in yf afternoon from P]sther IV four Last verses 

Monday 18 Sev! Vessels from Boston 

19 Tuesday Nothing Remarkable 

20 Wensday a Vessel from Boston with Several women 

21 Thursday: 

22 Fryday 

23 Saturday I went into the Burying yard & there Beheld a Mal- 
encholly Sight : Hundreds of new Graves 

24'^' Sunday m' Newmon ^ Preact in y^' forenoone from those words 
Acquaint now thy Self with him & be at peace thereby shall good Come 
unto thee 

in y^ afternoone mr Fareweather preacht from those words O that they 
were wise y! j? understood this that y^ would Consid' y' Latter end 
25"' monday Sev! Vessels Came in from New England 
26'!' Tuesday Sev! Vessels Came in from N: England Sev! famyly's 
Benj? Stearns Drunk in y" Royal Hospital 

27 Wensday Verry Cold , Some Snow Sent Benj? Stearns uudr 
yf main Gaurd : Last night yf Cap'" moved To Live with me : a gen- 
eral Muster Goveruour Shirly Embarkt for N: England I headed 
the Company 

28 Died Corp' Jn° Crooffoot 

29 fryday Bury'd Peter Carley & Jn^ Crooifoot in One Grave 

30 Saturday nothing Remarkable 

De&: 1 Sunday mf Newmon Preacht from those words in Job 
Acquaint now thy Self with him &c 
In yf afternoone from those words in Prov: fooles make a mock at Sin 

1 John Newman (FI. C. 1740), born at Gloucester, on Marcli 14, 171G, and 
ordained at Edgartovvn in 1748, wliere he died on December 1, 1763. 



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2!* monday Last night John Green Died in y!" Royal Hospital 4 
of our men went a Hunting Yesterday the Gen! told Cap' Hubbard 
their was 5 or 6 Thousand tfrench and Indians Comeiug upon us : 

3? Tuesday I was Tak'n Exceeding ill on y? Rampers 

4'? wensday a Snow about an inch Deep Sevei-all Vessels Came in 

S'}* Thursday Some Snow 

gth Pryday in y". morning all y'' Comission Officers were Orderd to 
meet at y^ Admirals accordingly we met and yf Admiral made a Speech 
and Exhorted us To many things Especially To Suppress all Vice & 
linorallity and See that all the men under us keep a good Look out for 
he luform'd us That yf Canadeens were in a Great Stir : after y" 
Admiral had finished a Long Speech y!" Gen! made a Short One and 
then we Drank Every man a Glass of wine But Before I went there 
I sent for Sam! Shead ^ & he Told me he had bin at Groton & Saw my 
wife at m" Sheples ^ and She was well and my whole family was well 
which was Rejoycing news To me : But Imediately I went To Cap' 
Smiths I had no Sooner Entred the Room But he Told me he had 
Verry Bad news for me I asked what it was he Show'd me a Letter 
which Come to One of his men which an Ace' of y^ Death of my Eldest 
Daughter O fatal news pray God Sanctify his holy hand 

7* Saturday Nothing Strange 

S'** Sunday Nothing new 

9'!^ monday Sev! Vessels Came in from N England 

10'?" Tuesday Securd our Coal 

11 Wensday I wrote home 

12 John Wright Died Nath! Smith ^ & Mathew Wymau were put 
under y? Grand gaurd for atempting to Cut Pickits 

13'!" Fryday I got a Pardon for Smith & Wyman that was Comitted 
yesterday in y!^ afternoon Buryed Wright : 

14'? Saturday an Exceeding Rainny Day Joseph Tr umbel Died 

15'? Sunday Last night Died in the Royal Hospital Jn'.' Ramsdell : 
allso Jon" Fletcher of Groton : The Rev'' m' Preached in yf 

afternoone from Dut : 30-19 a Proclamation for a Fast Read the 
fast to be on Wensday y* 18'!" Curr! 

16'? monday Bury'd Jn" Ramsd^ 

17'? Tuesday Last night Came a Snow about 4 Inches Deep winter 
Like weather : 

18'!" wendsay fast Day 

19'? 1 went to Cap' Smiths To make an Aprizal of yf Effects that 
Ju° Green & Joui' Fletcher Died Seiz'd off in y" Afternoone Died in 

1 A Groton soldier. 

2 This may liave been John Sheple, whose brother Jonathan married Lydia 
Lakin, a kinswoman and perhaps a sister of Lieutenant Bradstreet's wife. 

3 Natlianiel Smith was a Groton soldier, and presumably Mathew Wyman also. 



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y!" Royal Hospital Sergl Jn? Stratton : made an Inventory of y!* Effects 
oiF Jn- Croffoott Jn? McClentuc Peter Carley Ju'?. Wright Gideon San- 
derson & Joseph Trumbel & Jn? Ramsdell 

20* Fryday Ten men of our Comp^ inlisted to go a wooding 

21 Saturday Last night Came a Snow about Two Inches : MF 
Speer y? Chaplain of yP Island Battery was Buryed 

22^ Sunday the Rev!" m^ Newmon Preacht from Luk 2 : 10 : 11 : 

23!' Monday Last night Died in y? Royal Hospital Jon? Shead ^ 
of Groton : a Verry Stormy night of Snow 

24'!' Died in y? Royal Hospital Aaron Boynton : 

25'^ Ghirstmas Died in the Royal Hospital Serg! W- Holdin ^ in 
y? after noone Buryed Aaron Boynton 

26 Thursday I Din'd at ml Crafts paid nine Shillings for my Din- 
ner &c Two of our men ord- in y? Hospital f Gen! 

27'.'^ Fryday Dind at Crafts ^^ 8 Shillings for my Dinner Phine- 
has Parker^ Died 

28*?* Saturday Din'd at L* Fries a verry Cold Day 

29*!* Sunday the Rev!* m' Bacchus'' Preacht from Deut : 30 : & 19'? 

30* mohday Died in y? Royal Hospital George Norcross 

31 Tuesday I mounted gaurd at y? Cittydal : a Stormy Snowy Day 
& Exceeding Cold 

Jan^ first Wensday an Exceeding Cold Day and verry Boistorous 
much Damage acrew'd to y? Shipping in y? harbour Last night by Rea- 
son of y? Storm allso many windows in y? Citty Distroy'd by y? wind 

2!* Thursday nothing Remarkable 

3? Fryday Cold Died in y!" Royal Hospital Rowland Blackmir & 
Jacob Proctor 

3? made an aprizal of y!' Effects of Serg! Stratton George Norcross 
& Aaron Boynton 

4* Saturday I went To Cap! Hubbards to make an apprizal of y? 
Effects of Seven Dead men about Sun Set Bury'd Rowland Blackmir 
«& Jacob Proctor in one grave Eighteen Bury'd this Day 

5'.'' Sunday Clowdy Snowy misty weath- M- Newman Preacht 
from Genesis 19 Chap 15 16 & 17 verses 

6 monday pleasent weathe' Last night Came in a man and Informs 

1 Jonathan Shead (or Shedd) was a kinsman of Samuel Shead, who brought 
news from home concerning Lieutenant Bradstreet's family, as mentioned on the 
preceding page. 

■^ Without doubt William Holden and Phinehas Parker were Groton soldiers. 
According to "The New-England Historical & Genealogical Register" (XXV. 
266) for July, 1871, Holden was a sergeant, and Parker a corporal, in Captain 
Smith's company. Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. 

3 Simon Backus (Y. C. 1724), minister of Newington, Connecticut. During the 
winter after his arrival at Louisburg, he fell a victim to the prevailing sickness of 
the army, and died on February 2, 1745-6, aged 45 years. 



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us that he was on his passage from London to this place and was Cast 
away Last fryday was Seven nights at Scattaree about Four Leagues 
to Eastward of Louisbourg & all the men Lost Save five which were 
washt on Shoar on the Quartr Deck and Three Days before Christmas 
they Parted with Sev! Sail Bound for this place this Day a Comp^ of 
men Sent To the Rack [wreck] : 

7 Tuesday One Returnd that went yesterday To the Rack and In- 
forms [ ] that they had found Two men [ ] French house verry 
much froz and the other Two it is thot are dead they Found at yP 
Rack many [ ]les of Broad Cloaths and Silks [ ] other English 
goods there was [ ]teen Drownd This Day I [moujuted gaurd 

[8 Wed~\nsday Exceeding Cold and Slippery 

[9] Thursday Nothing Remarkable 

[10] Fryday I Bought a pig that weigh'd an 100 lb which Cost 
me Ten Dollars which is 50/ Sterling 

[ll]'^ Saturday not any Thing Remarkable 

12'."^ Sunday a Verry Cold Day 

13* monday I mounted Gaurd 

14 Tuesday I attended yf Court martial for y? Tryal of IIe[ ] 
Burchwood a private Centinel for Refusing to go on Duty when Ordered 
we Ordered the Prisoner Receive Ten L[ashes] on his Bare Back at the 
whipping post on yf Publick pl[ace] in Louisbourg 

15 wensday the man whip[ped] that was Tryed yesterd[ay] 
16"^ Thursday Cold weath[er] 

j-^y-jth payday Died in y'= tow[n] Johnson [ ] 



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